Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is likely one of the most heralded gamers in NHL historical past. The legendary ahead already has a ton of data on the NHL historical past books, however he is nonetheless chasing Wayne Gretzky’s all-time targets report.
Ovechkin is on the verge of turning into the NHL’s all-time targets chief, and he can cross Gretzky’s mark of 894 earlier than the top of season. The Capitals standout at the moment has 883 profession targets after scoring Washington’s solely objective in a 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night time. In his earlier outing, he posted his thirty second profession hat trick in opposition to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
He now wants 12 extra targets within the group’s remaining 24 video games with a view to high Gretzky’s report this season.
The 2023-24 marketing campaign proved to be a mortal one for Ovechkin the place he scored 31 targets, his lowest whole in a full-length season since he netted 32 within the 2012-13 season. Ovechkin did have simply 24 targets in 2020-21, however that season was shortened as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Ovechkin scored 42 targets in the course of the 2022-23 season, and has tallied at the least 41 targets in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.
Ovechkin at the moment has tallied 1,597 factors (883 targets, 714 assists) in his skilled profession. He made much more historical past in 2023-24 when he registered an NHL report 18th 30-goal season, passing Mike Gartner’s 17 for the respect.
At this season’s tempo, given well being, Ovechkin would surpass “The Nice One” earlier than the top of the common season.
Ovechkin will possible proceed to be a longtime pressure on the Capitals’ high power-play unit, so there figures to be loads of goal-scoring alternatives. He, clearly, has scored at a significantly better tempo than he did a yr in the past when he recorded simply 5 targets over the primary two months of the season.
CBS Sports activities will maintain monitor of Ovechkin’s targets all through the season and maintain tabs on how shut he’s to eclipsing Gretzky’s all-time report.
